Legal Opinion
In Re Brown
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 1, 1984No. 19-30156PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON EMPLOYMENT OF ATTORNEY NUNC PRO TUNC AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY MONEYS SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED TO BANKRUPTCY ESTATE
ALAN H.W. SHIFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
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BACKGROUND
On April 19, 1982, David R. Brown (debt- or) signed a retainer agreement with the law firm of James G. O’Rourke (O’Rourke). Under that agreement, the debtor paid O’Rourke a $5,000.00 retainer and O’Rourke agreed to represent the debtor in a “Title 11 U.S.C. Chapter 13 proceeding.” The agreement contemplated the possibility that the Chapter 13 case “may have to be converted to one under Chapter 11 or Chapter 7.”…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- In The Matter Of Futuronics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In Re Eureka Upholstering Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- In Re Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- In Re Progress Lektro Shave CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- In Re HL Stratton, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- In re Arkansas Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- In Re Kroeger Properties and Development, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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